‘If regulation was going to improve care, it would have done it by now. So it’s time to improve regulation’. This challenging statement concludes a report by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA), which oversees the health regulatory authorities, including the GDC. The report can be found at:
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Cassandra Wright who operated from ‘Harley Street Allure’ in London, was found guilty of tooth whitening on two people at City of London Magistrates' Court. She was fined £4000 and ordered to pay compensation of £279 and £319 to the two victims, a victim surcharge of £120 and costs to the GDC of £6,000. This amounted to a total sum of £10,718.
More Scots than ever are registered with an NHS dentist according to data relased by the Scottish Government. Public Health Minister Maureen Watt welcomed the statistics which showed that 88 per cent of the Scottish population – 4.7 million people – are now registered. Children are more likely to be registered than adults, at 93 per cent compared to 87 per cent.
Tesco has said that it will axe drinks with added sugar from their stores in the hope that it will cut down on childhood obesity. The drinks include favourites and best-sellers, such as Capri Sun, Ribena and Rubicon. However the BDA has said: “we’ll need more than gestures to end UK sugar addiction”
New members for the House of Commons Health Committee have been announced. They include six Conservatives (including the Chair Dr Sarah Wollaston), four Labour and one Scottish Nationalist. Of them 8 were elected first in May 2015. Their contact details appear below.
The government intends to put strict limits on the ‘excessive fees’ some lawyers claim in medical negligence cases against the NHS in England. Officials are reported to want a defined limit on legal costs in cases where the claims are below £100,000, saying that some lawyers submit bills that charge more than patients receive in compensation. But solicitors have warned warn that this could deny patients access to justice.
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